03/04/2024 - As nearly 60,000 SMEs prepare to repay warehoused tax debt to Revenue this year – here are three practical steps Irish SMEs can take now to maximise their cashflow to ensure that they are ready to deal with any challenges that could present themselves in the coming months
04/03/2024 - The government announced a mortgage interest scheme in the last Budget, which comes into effect at the end of January 2024.
04/03/2024 - Mark O’Rourke, Managing Director of Bibby Financial Services, outlines the three key areas that SME’s need to keep an eagle eye on as the year progresses to ensure they can transform challenges into stepping stones for growth
30/01/2024 - 2023 was the year of the recovery. In 2022, stocks had their worst performance since the financial crash of 2008, forgoing a large chunk of their post covid rallies. Pessimism was a common theme across the markets in 2022 with a sense of unknown lingering going into 2023.
11/01/2024 - Almost half of all marriages in the US end in divorce. The number one reason given is disagreement about finances. It is quite common for couples to have different views on money and what they are trying to achieve.
11/01/2024 - Housing starts in the first ten months of 2023 were 17% higher than same period of 2022
11/01/2024 - One in four lay the responsibility for climate change at the door of big business
28/11/2023 - New collaborative technical tools and automation of tasks will enable more creative skills, diverse thinking, and new ways of working
23/11/2023 - What is a green rate mortgage?
02/11/2023 - Insurance. Something that we would prefer not to have to pay for. The law says we have to have car insurance. The terms of our mortgage says we have to have house insurance and mortgage protection for our home.
31/10/2023 - BPFI Retrofit Consumer Survey reveals that reducing energy costs was the main reason for people wanting to improve their home’s energy efficiency, but cost cited as the main factor deterring people from investing in upgrades...
03/10/2023 - Latest annual Irish Customer Experience Report published on World CX Day shows Ireland’s overall CX score rose by 4.9% this year the biggest increase since the survey began in 2015
13/09/2023 - 64% of consumers report choosing sustainable products sometimes or often
26/07/2023 - A total of 329 corporate insolvencies were recorded in Ireland in the first half of 2023, according to the latest insolvency statistics published by Deloitte.
04/07/2023 - For the last few decades, people actually want to come to Ireland to work. There are great opportunities for people to work for some of the biggest companies in the world. But just like the Irish move abroad and eventually come home, the same is true for non-nationals. They may move here to work but Ireland is not their home and they may not want to retire here.
08/06/2023 - After a challenging few years, with heightened disruption in 2022, optimism grows for Irish and European CFOs alike, but attracting skilled talent remains a constant focus
01/06/2023 - 20% of consumers do not closely monitor the performance of their investments while 16% do not understand the fees and taxes they needed to pay for their investments.
23/05/2023 - Equity over equality: How a more equitable system will help female entrepreneurs access the funding required to grow their business
27/04/2023 - A total of 146 corporate insolvencies were recorded in Ireland in the first quarter of 2023, according to the latest insolvency statistics published by Deloitte. This represents an increase of 22% from the same quarter in 2022, when 120 incidents were recorded...
27/04/2023 - We constantly read about overnight success stories. Young people who come from nowhere to own multi billion dollar businesses. At the same time, young people are looking at their starting salary out of college and wondering where they got it all wrong. How come they aren’t earning the big bucks?